Planet of the Apes to Host First Star Wars: Episode II Trailer?

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By KJB

A much clearer version of the teaser poster.

Poster ¿ 2001 20th Cent. Fox

IGN affiliate TheForce.net is reporting a rumor that Fox wants to place the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode II to every print of Planet of the Apes (much the same way New Line attached the trailer for Lord of the Rings to 13 Days). The site stresses that this may just be what Fox wants to do ¿ they still have to go through Lucas before anything definite happens.

An ape in training.

Photo ¿ 20th Cent. Fox First appeared on CA

IGN affiliate Coming Attractions has hit the mother lode again, this time scoring tons of photos from a promotional publication for Fox's Planet of the Apes. This publication shows the first photos we've seen of actors training for the various stunts in the film. Also included were character photos of all the major actors in costume and makeup.

CA also had a detailed set report by a scooper who spent time in the desert as a gorilla warrior. One of the first bits of news from their scooper was that Zanuck himself said that the first trailer would hit on President's Day. Look for it at a theater near you.

CA's scooper had this to say about preparing for his day on the set:

"The suits are over twenty separate pieces to put on. First is a full body unitard, then a upper torso muscle suit that gives you killer arms and stuff. This hooks under your family jewels like a thong and snaps in the back of your butt. Next comes a seriously heavy pair of pants that you pull on and finish with suspenders. Then comes your upper torso jacket deal. REALLY heavy. You step through a belt in it, pulling it up onto you from the floor. Once it's on, you hook a fastener around your chest and zip it up. Then, you belt on your quad armor for your upper thighs. These snap into place around your waist. You then pull these velcro straps through two holes to secure it. Now comes the shin armor. Same deal, velcro to fasten. Now comes the boots, which are a black aqua sock modified with extended ape toes on the end. You put that on and then goes a larger black boot with fur up the tongue. When it is done, you will see a great effect of the toes sticking out through thick fur in a boot. Cool stuff.

"Then, you pull on a chest hair piece over your head and tuck it down in the front of your chest. Next comes the HEAVY chest and shoulder armor. Someone comes to help you snap it into place and there you go.

"Your next step is to go to the mask tent and grab your mask, which are either full head masks or ones with velcro straps around the back. Then off to the makeup trailer for alcohol based tattoo coloring around your eyes, nose and mouth. Now just put on your three-piece gloves, pull on your mask, and finish with your sweet, but heavy-armored helmet. BAM, you're a bad-ass Gorilla!!"

Sounds like fun! The scooper went on to describe stunts like ape warriors leaping 50 feet onto horses and one scene in particular where we can expect to see the chimpanzee cavalry passing the horses on a charge! In all, the production seemed to be a good one to work on:

"This show was magic. There was not ONE jerk there ¿ EVERYONE on the whole production was sooooo nice. They treated us with kindness and respect, the food was GREAT and everybody had the time of their lives!!! The Cinnovation people (who handled the masks) were cool, as where the makeup crew!! I met Rick Baker ¿ GREAT guy, Tim Burton, NICE AS YOU WOULD EVER BELIEVE and many others...they were all great people. Had lunch with MANY recognizable stunt men, among them, Al Leong, the big guy who played Jesse Ventura (cool person!) and the guy who gets stepped on by the T-Rex in The Lost World. We worked HELLISH hours ¿ Call time at 3am a lot, get off at 7pm ¿ Hump all day ¿ But, we got about good pay and triple bumps for the makeup, ape training and suit performance. I had the time of my life!!!!!!"

One last comment from CA's scooper ¿ if this film does well, he's hearing that it may follow most successful genre films and become a trilogy.